metarubricyte /meta·ru·bri·cyte/ (-roo″brĭ-sīt) orthochromatic erythroblast.
metarubricyte
met·a·ru·bri·cyte (m t  -r  br -s t)n. An orthochromatic normoblast. |
metarubricyte
[-ro̅o̅′brisīt]
Etymology: Gk, meta + L, ruber, red, kytos, cell
a red blood cell possessing a nucleus. Such cells, also known as normoblasts, are not normally found in circulating blood.
metarubricyte
an orthochromatic normoblast; an immature red cell erythrocyte.
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